See! the light of truth is breaking
  Full and clear on every hand;
And the voice of mercy, speaking,
  Now is heard through all the land;
    Firm and fearless,
See the friends of Freedom stand!

Lo! the nation is arousing
  From its slumbers, long and deep;
And the church of God is waking,
  Never, never more to sleep,
    While a bondman
In his chains remains to weep.

Long, too long, have we been dreaming
  O’er our country’s sin and shame: 
Let us now, the time redeeming,
  Press the helpless captive’s claim,
    Till, exulting,
He shall cast aside his chain.

THE FLYING SLAVE.

Air—­To Greece we give our shining blades.

The night is dark, and keen the air,
And the Slave is flying to be free;
His parting word is one short prayer;
O God, but give me Liberty! 
  Farewell—­farewell;
Behind I leave the whips and chains,
Before me spreads sweet Freedom’s plains.

One star shines in the heavens above,
That guides him on his lonely way;—­
Star of the North—­how deep his love
For thee, thou star of Liberty! 
  Farewell—­farewell;
Behind he leaves the whips and chains,
Before him spreads sweet Freedom’s plains.

INDEX.

Am I not a Man and Brother?  A.C.L. 
O, Pity the Slave Mother.  Words from Liberator
The Blind Slave Boy.  Mrs. Bailey
Ye Sons of Freemen.  Mrs. J.G.  Carter
Freedom’s Star.  Harris
Liberty Ball.  Clarke
Emancipation Hymn. 
Over the Mountain.  J. Hutchinson Jr. 
Jubilee Song. 
Spirit of Freemen, Wake. 
Slave’s Lamentation.  Parody Tucker
Flight of the Bondman.  Smith
Sweets of Liberty. 
Ye Spirits of the Free. 
Colonization Song.  A Slaveholder
I am an Abolitionist.  Garrison
The Bereaved Mother.  J. Hutchinson
The Chase.  Douglass’ North Star
Fling out the Anti Slavery Flag. 
The Yankee Girl.  Whittier
Jefferson’s Daughter. 
The Auction. 
Get off the Track.  J. Hutchinson Jr. 
Be Free, O Man, be Free.  M.H.  Maxwell
Fugitive Slave to the Christian.  E. Wright Jr. 
Rescue the Slave.  Latimer Journal
Slave-holder to the North Star.  Pierpont
The Coffle Gang.  A Slave
Zaza, the Female Slave.  Miss Ball
We’re Coming. 
On to Victory. 
The Man for me.  Parody Tucker
The Bondman.  Words from Liberator
Right On.  A Christian